The Royal First School

Voluntary aided school·First school Windsor and Maidenhead·SL4 2HP

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

The Royal First School is a first school for pupils aged 4–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

50%

36 first choices, 21 places

First choices per place

1.71

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

101

any preference, for 21 places

Last place offered lived

1.88 mi

straight line, 2025 intake · 3024 m

Applications from another council area

23%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.39

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1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Expected standard

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 110
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

4.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

2.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

16.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

18.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,396

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Peter's Church of England Middle School Windsor · 1.7 mi 41.2 Cheapside CofE Primary School Ascot · 1.9 mi 50.2 Trevelyan Middle School Windsor · 2.5 mi 46.8 Wraysbury Primary School Staines · 2.6 mi 32.5 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale Ascot · 2.7 mi 52.6 St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill Ascot · 3.0 mi 32.5 St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor Windsor · 3.4 mi 54.8 Dedworth Middle School Windsor · 3.5 mi 49.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

The Royal First School is a primary school serving Windsor and Maidenhead, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. It has 110 pupils aged 4 to 9 on roll.

Competition for places is real here - 50% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (36 first choices for 21 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.88 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. The Royal First School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.